How accurate is it to call Franco's Spain and Salazar's Portugal fascist?

by TomHicks

I've read only the Falangists called themselves proper fascists, and they were sidelined and absorbed by the Franco regime after it came to power.

MaesterMagoo

Not looking to limit discussion but /u/tobbinator answered something similar last year.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/44rf86/was_francisco_franco_a_fascist_or_was_his/